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Countries Ranked by Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)

Showing every country with available data for 2025 • World Bank: SL.TLF.CACT.MA.ZS

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ilo estimate) data for 2025, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 182 countries reporting, the median value is 69.79, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

Cambodia

87.82

Europe & Central Asia

Iceland

79.61

Latin America & Caribbean

Bolivia

84.44

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Qatar

95.56

North America

Canada

68.94

South Asia

Bangladesh

80.40

Sub-Saharan Africa

Madagascar

88.09

Rank Country Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
1 Qatar 95.56
2 United Arab Emirates 91.55
3 Kuwait 88.56
4 Oman 88.10
5 Madagascar 88.09
6 Cambodia 87.82
7 Tanzania 87.31
8 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 86.76
9 Niger 86.50
10 Solomon Islands 86.19
11 Bahrain 85.87
12 Uganda 84.64
13 Bolivia 84.44
14 Nigeria 84.30
15 Eritrea 84.15
16 Saudi Arabia 83.33
17 Central African Republic 82.76
18 Indonesia 82.28
19 Nicaragua 81.76
20 Guatemala 81.71
21 Paraguay 81.61
22 Liberia 81.23
23 Mali 81.02
24 Peru 80.87
25 Mozambique 80.52
26 Bangladesh 80.40
27 Pakistan 80.14
28 Iceland 79.61
29 Malaysia 79.21
30 Ethiopia 78.64
31 Panama 77.86
32 India 77.62
33 Benin 77.56
34 Angola 77.47
35 Viet Nam 77.33
36 El Salvador 77.27
37 Bahamas, The 77.20
38 Mexico 77.11
39 Burundi 76.97
40 Ecuador 76.87
41 Fiji 76.54
42 Maldives 76.43
43 Dominican Republic 76.36
44 Jamaica 76.34
45 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 76.28
46 Burkina Faso 76.14
47 Colombia 75.69
48 Singapore 75.37
49 Thailand 74.98
50 St. Lucia 74.78
51 New Zealand 74.74
52 Cote d'Ivoire 74.41
53 Zimbabwe 74.26
54 Botswana 73.98
55 Cameroon 73.94
56 Uzbekistan 73.93
57 Macao SAR, China 73.61
58 Honduras 73.54
59 Georgia 73.49
60 Uruguay 73.40
61 Kazakhstan 73.37
62 Brazil 73.37
63 Brunei Darussalam 72.80
64 Cyprus 72.67
65 Iraq 72.58
66 Philippines 72.46
67 Timor-Leste 72.25
68 Moldova 72.24
69 Korea, Rep. 72.00
70 Chile 71.93
71 Netherlands 71.89
72 Turkiye 71.89
73 Kenya 71.85
74 Bhutan 71.78
75 Chad 71.72
76 Argentina 71.66
77 Belize 71.64
78 Malta 71.55
79 Japan 71.48
80 Kyrgyz Republic 71.40
81 Switzerland 71.38
82 Australia 70.69
83 Lao PDR 70.63
84 Rwanda 70.61
85 Egypt, Arab Rep. 70.51
86 Albania 70.22
87 Ireland 70.11
88 Congo, Rep. 70.10
89 Belarus 69.86
90 China 69.85
91 Estonia 69.82
92 Costa Rica 69.76
93 Afghanistan 69.76
94 Haiti 69.74
95 Mauritius 69.67
96 Myanmar 69.66
97 Guinea-Bissau 69.58
98 Armenia 69.52
99 Denmark 69.18
100 Norway 69.09
101 Russian Federation 69.03
102 Lithuania 68.95
103 Canada 68.94
104 Israel 68.80
105 Barbados 68.75
106 Mongolia 68.22
107 Trinidad and Tobago 68.10
108 Morocco 68.06
109 Guam 67.95
110 Sri Lanka 67.77
111 Sweden 67.63
112 Zambia 67.63
113 Venezuela, RB 67.52
114 Czechia 67.52
115 Hungary 67.51
116 Malawi 67.34
117 Equatorial Guinea 67.24
118 Iran, Islamic Rep. 67.24
119 United States 67.06
120 Lesotho 66.92
121 Congo, Dem. Rep. 66.85
122 Latvia 66.85
123 Serbia 66.53
124 Algeria 66.41
125 Slovak Republic 66.08
126 Germany 66.05
127 Azerbaijan 66.02
128 Senegal 65.71
129 United Kingdom 65.60
130 Poland 65.59
131 Luxembourg 65.50
132 Montenegro 65.45
133 Austria 65.42
134 Cuba 65.07
135 Tunisia 64.86
136 Comoros 63.88
137 Channel Islands 63.65
138 Cabo Verde 63.40
139 Guyana 63.32
140 Guinea 63.11
141 Namibia 63.04
142 Finland 62.98
143 Vanuatu 62.95
144 Suriname 62.87
145 Slovenia 62.81
146 Libya 62.55
147 Jordan 62.47
148 Bulgaria 62.36
149 Spain 62.23
150 Portugal 62.13
151 Hong Kong SAR, China 62.07
152 New Caledonia 62.01
153 Ghana 61.84
154 North Macedonia 61.84
155 South Africa 61.74
156 Romania 61.68
157 Syrian Arab Republic 61.45
158 Yemen, Rep. 61.23
159 Gabon 60.13
160 Bosnia and Herzegovina 59.98
161 Greece 59.86
162 France 59.55
163 Togo 59.04
164 Tonga 58.98
165 Belgium 58.95
166 Italy 58.30
167 French Polynesia 58.04
168 Croatia 57.36
169 Mauritania 56.61
170 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 56.18
171 Tajikistan 55.78
172 Sierra Leone 55.17
173 Samoa 54.50
174 Eswatini 54.03
175 Papua New Guinea 53.26
176 Nepal 52.90
177 Puerto Rico (US) 49.60
178 Gambia, The 49.51
179 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 47.24
180 Turkmenistan 46.10
181 Djibouti 44.56
182 Sao Tome and Principe 23.95

Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.TLF.CACT.MA.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2025; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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